There are a lot of ignorant boxing fans who will be easily influenced by commentary during the fight. This has happened in a lot of fights during the years.

I love the HBO team but for example during the Lewis vs Klitschko fight you could really sense that they were rooting for Vitali. I mean at one point George Foreman flat out admitted it when he said something like "Klitschko has to suck it up and become heavyweight champion of the world".

They did the same thing in Barrera-Marquez. It took Lampley a good two rounds to admit punching someone when they're down is against the rules. They were unashamedly pro Barrera in every fight, it's fucking annoying.

A similar story for most De La Hoya fights - George Foreman actually once said doing "nothing is good for De La Hoya tonight" - but Lederman balanced it out because he always has De La Hoya losing the fight. Always.